(Navy Times) Tablet app may help sailors dial back stress: (Staff writer) The Navy is developing a t... #Military

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2013/03/navy-tablet-app-may-help-dial-back-stress-033013w/ Tablet app may help sailors dial back stress By Jacqueline Klimas - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Mar 30, 2013 8:36:03 EDT The Navy is developing a tablet app that will train sailors and Marines to control their response to stress, allowing them to stay calm and focused during a crisis. And some sailors will get to try it soon: A two-month study will be conducted at the Naval Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control in San Diego in April with about 200 volunteers, said Cmdr. Joseph Cohn, program officer in the Office of Naval Research’s Warfighter Performance Department and creator of the app project. The Stress Resilience Training System is a three-part iPad app that gives sailors and Marines information about stress, teaches them how to control it and lets them play games th...